Pakistani-origin cab driver Raja Khan, who has pleaded not guilty to charges of providing material support and resources to al-Qaeda, is scheduled to appear in a court here Thursday
for a hearing in the case.
A "discovery hearing" has been set for Khan in the US District Court, Northern District of Illinois before US Judge James Zagel on May 6,
according to information on the court's website.
Khan, 56, had last month pleaded not guilty to charges of providing material support and resources to al-Qaeda.
He is also accused of having links with HuJI chief Ilyas Kashmiri, who along with Let operative David Coleman Headley and Tahawwur Rana, has been charged with plotting terror attacks in India and Denmark.
Khan's lawyer Thomas Durkin has disputed the claim that his client was trying to aid al-Qaeda and said Khan "is a supporter of Kashmiri
independence".
Since his March arrest, Khan has been in custody at the Metropolitan Correctional Centre, the same federal lock up in the city's downtown that houses Headley and Rana.
Khan is being held without bond.
According to the complaint against him, he discussed attacking a stadium in the US with an undercover agent whom he also told that he has known al-Qaeda operative Kashmiri for 15 years and has sent money to him to purchase weapons.